Drumming Quote by Ringo Starr

When you're in a band, it's a close-knit thing. There's a lot of emotional stuff.

— Duff McKagan

Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often full the gap.

— Sena Jeter Naslund

Emotions are the fuel to really move you along, that’s the only way you can create music. If you don’t feel any emotions, like…

— Jan Hammer

Most of the time when musicians get together, there's always that variance - always someone's a little ahead of the beat, someone's a little…

— Alan Sparhawk

Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes…

— Steven Adler

I had trouble fitting in, in a musical sense. A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.

— Tre Cool

Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.

— Hal Sparks

I don't really know what emotions are going to come out in songs when I'm writing them until I step back and listen to…

— Borns

When you want to form a band, there's always an overwhelming lack of drummers.

— Yusaku Maezawa

When you're making music or playing a song, I find the moments when there are no instruments being played even stronger than when they…

— Sarah McLachlan

All the time, I play with a rhythm; if I'm too far out of the rhythm, I feel out of place.

— Iman Shumpert

There are just long gaps where I can't find a point of insertion, I can't find a good opening line, I can't find a…

— Billy Collins